PHA-Exchange> People's Health Movement South Africa - Invitation toRight to Health campaign

Tue Sep 4 09:00:43 PDT 2007

Dear friends from PHM South Africa,
Warmest greetings from the PHM Global Secretariat Office in Cairo!

On behalf of the PHM global structures, I would like to congratulate PHM South Africa for Launching the Right to Health Campaign on the 8th of September.

I want to take the change to express the special attention that PHM global structures are giving to Africa which should be soon translated into practical actions.

I am promising that the PHM Global Secretariat will save no effort to support this new successful step in the African struggle for health. I strongly believe that launching the campaign in South Africa will be just a start for spreading the campaign all over Africa.

Please keep us informed with the progress. Such reporting will be very motivating for many groups all over the world.

In Solidarity,
Hani Serag
On behalf of the PHM Global Structures.

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Hani Serag
Global Secretariat Coordinator,
People’s Health Movement (PHM)
Email: secretariat at phmovement.org
Web: www.phmovement.org
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  Subject: PHA-Exchange> People's Health Movement South Africa - Invitation toRight to Health campaign

  From: Bridget bridgetl at mweb.co.za

  Below please find an invitation to the PHM launch of the Right to Health campaign. We are also looking for organisational endorsement of the campaign (see letter below invite). 

  For more information on PHM and the Right to Health campaign, please contact Dorothy Appalasamy. Her contact details are at the end of the invite. On the web, visit www.phmovementsa.org for information on the South African campaign or www.phmovement.org for more on the global People's Health Movement.

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  Invitation to join us 

  Right to Health Campaign Launch 

  Time:           Saturday, 8th of September

  Venue:        Oliver Tambo Hall, Khayelitsha

  Time:           10:00 

  We will first march from Nolungile Clinic (Site C) to OR Tambo 
  Hall in Khayelitsha. 

  We will be planting boards at four sites, en route, with health rights inscribed on them – marking the lack of sanitation, housing, water and healthcare.

  At 11:00:

  At the Hall, we will hear from prominent South African and international health activists about how we can fight for the right to health for all. 

  "Health is a social, economic and political issue and above all a fundamental human right. Inequality, poverty, exploitation, violence and injustice are at the root of ill-health and the deaths of poor and marginalised people." People's Charter for Health Contact person: Dorothy Appalasamy

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  Dear Concerned Citizens and Organisations:

  I am writing on behalf of the People's Health Movement (PHM) in South Africa
  which will be officially launching its "Right to Health" Campaign on the 8th
  of September at OR Tambo Hall in Khayelitsha. PHM is a global movement whose
  goal is to ensure that the health of every human being on earth improves. We
  plan to do this by mobilising for health to be placed highest on the agenda 
  of political priorities.

  We have a broad and inclusive definition of heath and understand that it is
  not only poor health services that are to blame for our burden of disease.
  Incorrect or poorly implemented policies, at both a global and local level, 
  are resulting in our people not having access to many of the simple factors
  that determine good health-adequate food, clean water, decent sanitation,
  secure housing, steady employment, proper health information and cheap, 
  locally-produced medicines.

  The Right to Health Campaign in South Africa is based on the fact that we
  have a non-negotiable right to these basic determinants of good health. We
  are part of a global grassroots campaign spreading this message. We have 
  already enlisted support and received endorsement from a wide range of
  organisations, including faith-based organisations, NGO's, trade unions,
  health care workers, activist groups, student organisations, public health 
  associations, universities and others.

  Recent events have highlighted the health crisis we face in South Africa,
  and we write to ask for your organisation's support in our campaign. You can
  assist us by either sending us a written endorsement of the principles we 
  stand for (via return email, fax or letter) and/or by your representatives
  attending the official launch of the campaign on 8th September at the Oliver
  Tambo Hall in Khayelitsha.

  Thanking you in advance
  The Steering Committee for the Right to Health Campaign in South Africa

  Contact: Dorothy Appalasamy (Co-ordinator), 082-806-0540 or 021-932-6042 or
  st.faith at telkomsa.net

  On the web, visit www.phmovementsa.org for information on the South African
  campaign or www.phmovement.org for more on the global People's Health
  Movement.

  The Right to Health Campaign will be launched on the 8th of September at 
  10.00am.  We will first march from Nolungile Clinic (Site C) to OR Tambo
  Hall in Khayelitsha to demand our rights!  At the Hall, we will hear from
  prominent South African and international health activists about how we can 
  fight for the right to health for all.

  "Health is a social, economic and political issue and above all a
  fundamental human right. Inequality, poverty, exploitation, violence and
  injustice are at the root of ill-health and the deaths of poor and 
  marginalised people." People's Charter for Health

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